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Bret Copeland

Jan 31, 2014 21:30

@Zirak feel free. I am just as capable at ignoring links as the community team is.

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Bret Copeland

Jan 31, 2014 21:28

But I'll do it in 6-8 weeks.

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Tim Post

Jan 16, 2014 12:58

Also fair to mention that while an employee and not an appointed moderator, @BretCopeland has been doing a fantastic job of helping to lead this community in the early stages, and I'm sure will continue to do so (with his gen-u-wine Stack Exchange standard issue diamond)

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Bret Copeland

Jan 10, 2014 03:53

@lnafziger the Cirrus manual says "The ability of the airplane to float after a water landing has not been tested and is unknown." I always appreciated their honesty.

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egid

Jan 7, 2014 20:50

When I was working on my CFII, we did approaches at the airbase to the west. At one point I switched to approach control while they were working an apparently overwhelmed instrument student on the ILS. "Sioux 55, contact Red River Tower, 124.9" "Uhh, Sioux 55, contact tower... um, what was tower again?" Approach didn't miss a beat... "It's a big tall building with lots of windows, but that's not important right now."

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Dan Hulme

Dec 14, 2015 21:30

Applicants will be screened based on inability to misunderstand multiple negatives

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Dan Hulme

Feb 8, 2018 12:59

I see our nervous flier Cloud posted a new question, this time about taking control in a pilot incapacitation.

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Bret Copeland

Dec 18, 2013 20:23

I went flying this morning, now I just got in to work (here at Stack Exchange), and checked the aviation.stackexchange site. My life seems to have been bridged all of a sudden.

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MikeFoxtrot

Oct 25, 2015 19:38

just found a page full of them (http://www.eaa67.org/Miscellaneous/jokes.htm):

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"
The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

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voretaq7

Oct 8, 2015 19:48

the way we generally teach math with the rote memorization and abstract problems is bullshit.

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Federico

Oct 5, 2015 20:27

http://news.aviation-safety.net/2015/10/05/easa-recommends-airlines-to-conduct-a-safety-risk-assessment-for-lithium-batteries/
apparently someone has been reading xkcd: https://xkcd.com/651/

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Jay Carr

Oct 4, 2015 03:00

@Ethan I.....am pretty sure the Australian accent is not a British accent (okay, not pretty sure but actually just "sure").

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casey

Sep 17, 2015 19:20

and if you ever want to see logical fallacies in constant use, just watch any politician try to make an argument

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falstro

Aug 21, 2015 12:50

He be all like, "ah hell no" :)

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voretaq7

Aug 12, 2015 21:21

...but the best rule is "If you hit the ground and find yourself back in the air try to stay there. The airplane is telling you something."

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reirab

Aug 11, 2015 22:00

In case anyone's interested, MIT is about to offer a free online introductory course in aerodynamics: edx.org/course/…

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casey

Aug 11, 2015 15:35

reminds me of the PA legislature proposing to stop doing aerial surveys and instead just download the imagery google has, neglecting to recognize the source of that data was the surveys they were doing...

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falstro

Jul 20, 2015 11:38

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voretaq7

Jul 16, 2015 17:43

all the details are in the ALL CAPS SHOUTING BECAUSE WE MISS OUR TELETYPES part of the NOTAM.

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casey

Jul 16, 2015 15:23

@JayCarr "airplane single-engine" doesnt mean a flying thing with wings and one engine. It refers to a an aircarft having the category "airplane" and class "single engine". Ultralights are not "airplanes"

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casey

Jul 8, 2015 18:51

electromagnetic radiation just wants to be free

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voretaq7

Jul 7, 2015 19:59

Long Island Marine Geography Lesson:

Sound: Place where there are rocks that WILL put holes in your boat if you go outside the marked channel. You will be laughed at by the local harbor master when this happens, and need to repair your boat.

Bay: Place where there MIGHT be mud you'll get stuck in if you go outside the marked channel. You will be laughed at (and probably fined) by the US Coast Guard if this happens.

Inlet: "Shit, the hurricane made a hole in the barrier island."

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SentryRaven

Jun 24, 2015 13:24

In many year's people will say: "Do you remember the start of scientific WW3?" - "Wasn't that caused by the guy who asked how wings generate lift?"....

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Dan Hulme

Sep 21, 2017 14:37

@ymb1 Yes, please nominate yourself! We need more people who care.

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Farhan

Apr 27, 2015 16:20

If you are interested in our site blog, please come to Readback chat room and give your suggestions about this.

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TomMcW

May 24, 2020 17:26

Blancolirio mentioned us in a vid about PK-8303. youtu.be/EFhGnCOtcc8

DeltaLima

Apr 2, 2015 14:19

Just received news that the FDR of the Germanwings A320 has been found. Standby for another round of questions.

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Bret Copeland

Mar 31, 2015 06:36

Man, I wish airplanes would quit crashing so I wouldn't have to deal with so many mod flags.

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voretaq7

Mar 25, 2015 16:31

Runway paved, check.
Runway ACTUALLY paved and not just chunks of asphalt kinda scattered in a line, Check.
Fuel available.
Fuel is ACTUALLY Jet-A and not low-grade tequila in a Jet-A truck.
Firefighting equipment available.
Firefighting equipment not just some guy with a bucket of sand.
Airport NOT owned and operated by a drug lord.

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Federico

Mar 20, 2015 11:40

I created a solar eclipse gif with sat24's images: i.imgur.com/HnYGY6g.gif

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egid

Mar 6, 2015 01:00

suggested tags: [philosophy] [nihilism] [physics]

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Federico

Feb 19, 2015 21:24

@fooot @SentryRaven @Pondlife and whoever else is editing titles, IMHO not every title needs to be in question form.

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falstro

Jan 28, 2015 13:10

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voretaq7

Jan 23, 2015 03:28

I learned something interesting today: The FAA has apparently admitted we're all fat-asses

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Farhan

Jan 15, 2015 16:13

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rbp

Jan 9, 2015 23:41

+1 for Peter for "Vehicles which carry their oxidizer with them are called rockets."

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Bret Copeland

Jan 9, 2015 20:10

I finished classifying all of the towered airports that I could. Here's the spreadsheet. That was probably a waste of time. Looks like the slowest charlie is LAN (Lansing, MI). And the slowest bravo is ADW overall, though MCI (Kansas City) is the slowest civilian bravo.

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rbp

Jan 8, 2015 12:56

>>> “If you can’t do it when there is no pressure, you surely can’t do it when the pucker factor increases,” he would say. When he shot an approach, it was as if all the instruments were frozen – perfection, but no class. disciplesofflight.com/zero-zero

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Dan Hulme

May 23, 2017 13:57

@kevin were they confused because you said "five" instead of "fife"? ;-)

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falstro

Dec 23, 2014 21:47

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voretaq7

Dec 5, 2014 21:02

but yeah, "Ask more questions dammit!" :-P

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falstro

Dec 4, 2014 16:54

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Federico

May 1, 2017 06:26

And I'm the first Marshal of Aviation.SE 8)

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TomMcW

Feb 25, 2017 21:13

What the heck is up wit this: avherald.com/h?article=4a567f53&opt=0

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fooot

Jan 14, 2017 08:13

Plus the we are obligated to upvote the masterful use of red scribbles.

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Bret Copeland

Jul 1, 2014 20:21

Got my first commits into the Stack Overflow codebase today... so if everything breaks now, it's probably my fault.

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falstro

Dec 24, 2016 19:18

... and Merry Christmas to all y'all.

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TomMcW

Dec 12, 2016 21:15

@kevin Or it might turn back into a pumpkin mid-flight! Hmm.. Have you seen my other glass slipper anywhere?

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Bret Copeland

May 19, 2014 21:00

@ratchetfreak maybe your packets are being delivered by boat.

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Bret Copeland

May 19, 2014 20:51

Although who is actually best at taking us offline is our co-location provider.

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